Wed to the Billionaire Brother of My Spouse by Doris

Chapter 176 Ethan and Jasmine's Tacit Understanding

"Jasmine, I want to bring two people over when I take the position of vice president. It's tough to get work done without capable assistants," Branson said with a smile.

"That's an easy fix. Just tell me who they are, and I'll discuss it with Mr. Ethan," Jasmine responded.

Branson spoke with a cunning smile, his hand playfully tousling Jasmine's hair as he mentioned the two individuals, "Chen Xiaorou from the hotel division and Zheng Yuan from project management. They both show promise and are deserving of promotions," he explained. "And of course, once I secure my position as vice president, if you ever wish to work directly with me, I can discuss it with Mr. Ethan."

Jasmine nodded, smiling. "These are trivial matters; wait for my good news."

Clasping her hands tightly, Jasmine turned away, her smile freezing on her face.

She had anticipated the old fox bringing up those names: Chen Xiaorou from the hotel division and Zheng Yuan from project management. One was Branson's current mistress, and the other was a trusted confidant of Clara and Daniel.

Branson's loyalty to Clara and Daniel was, indeed, "unwavering." It looked like Clara held something over Branson's head.

No wonder Ethan had suggested that Branson needed to go. His situation was completely different from that of the HR Manager, Daria.

Distractedly walking to the office, Jasmine didn't notice someone was standing in her path. He purposefully positioned himself in front of Jasmine, waiting for her to accidentally bump into him.

"What's on your mind?" Ethan whispered.

Jasmine's ears perked up at the sound of his voice, surprised, she looked up at Ethan. "Mr. Ethan."

He was back.

"Yeah, got this for you." On his way back, Ethan had picked up a coconut fruit salad for Jasmine.

Jasmine stuttered, taking it with a trembling hand. "For... for me?"

"Is there

had come to find Ethan, was confused and slightly hurt by Ethan's words, as if he was disregarded as a person. He had been with Ethan for years and never received a

Howard has been looking for you," Liam said helplessly. "With

be out on bail soon, and there's not much time left for the VP selection. It's urgent, and

at Jasmine, hesitating. "You can't put all your eggs in one basket." It wasn't that

another from project

Jasmine, we need to focus on getting rid of Branson. If he doesn't leave, we're all going to be in trouble," Liam responded in a frantic. "Hoping to trace back to Branson and fire him solely based on these minor players' misdeeds is

anything about firing him," Jasmine said cautiously, glancing at Ethan. "We'll wait

could catch him

senses?" Liam's tone edged

explained in a low voice, "Lately Branson's head has gotten so big, he thinks the company can't function without him, that you, Ethan, can't live without him. Everyone's scared he'll take the entire project team with him if he leaves, which is

Branson's growing

it. This didn't seem to have anything to do

enjoyment. The next chapter is

we need to be prepared in advance. We have to safeguard against the possibility of the project team actually leaving with him by exposing Branson's 'evidence' and

intently as he entered the office, volunteering to prepare the fruit salad for

on even the most oblivious.

a water cup, identical to his, looking like a

that? Want me to get

same cup

prompted Jasmine

against the Brown family will definitely make Mr. Howard angry. Giving Clara such a 'welcome back' present is like slapping her in the face. I'm concerned she might resort to underhanded tactics if

go after Ethan's shares. Even if Ethan successfully ousted Branson, his own position would become unstable... and the danger would

looked at Ethan, not understanding why a man like him would willingly put himself in such

he could temporarily leave the Brown's Family alone, not provoke Howard until he had consolidated

yourself there. Branson's not even out of the picture yet," Liam said with a